Pisasale remains under processing by the CCC as part of an ongoing investigation.

While being treated for Multiple Sclerosis, Pisasale resigned from his role in Ipswich, west of Brisbane, on June 6 after it was found he had been detained at a Melbourne Airport with $50,000 in cash and his home and office were raided by police.

BREAKING: Former Ipswich Mayor Paul Pisasale has been arrested and expected to be charged with extortion and the assault of a woman. #7Newspic.twitter.com/Rx2mENiXis